The Dark Lord

Just read the last few pages from you guys, being a little pissed right now cannot post sensible but you guys are just <deleted> awesome. 

Really you are and and I love you all ( platonically) will try to post sober over the weekend

24 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

92 and an absolutely great innings. She was in A&E and they were partiyng away?  

 

You sure she was not in a ward for pallative care? 

 

I know aproximately 15 nurses and umpteen doctors in and around London. St John's, Gosh etc and none of them work there for a wage they are hard core there up for it and regardless of the state of NHS funds they bloody well work for you and me TO THE END  and I'm kind of sick to be repeating my ex's words but I never saw her walk through the door before 9.30pm after starting at 8am and we lived 1 mile from her hospital and it annoyed me but nurses need a break too and if more could be done I do not doubt it would have been, not for a second.

 

My ex lost her father a giant of a man who had leukemia for 30 years and still built a family and successful biz around his illness, 3 hour dialysis sessions in hospital abroad etc for 30 years and at 67 he passed fighting and still yearning a spicy meal.

 

In between his wife was suffering from dementia and the last two years  of her life were spent trying to stop her getting naked whilst eating dinner. 3 months after john passed she passed. The biggest mistake made was the private care.  The NHS is the absolute pride of the British.  I'm not talking about the politics or the strategies of the funding cuts I'm talking about the people who enter into it and the all them folks could have gone onto be anything but what they are.

 

They do not do it for the money or the pension or overtime (unless they do BANK) those people are in it to preserve life to save lives and to feel good about what they do and TDL's example is up there but I'm sorry sir i don't think you portray the truth of the matters as they should be.

 

I lost my father at 40 and you talk of your loss like it was anything but expected. Your points concern me and I detect a certain negative when you could be celebrating those points. I'm sorry to say but it seems ungrateful. 

Hi guys,

I think we all have varied experiences of  the NHS. My Father died on the operating table at 75 during a routine operation, my elder sister is a Ohysio who started in the NHS then moved to private then quickly went back to the NHS so that she could ( and I quote) care for real people with real problems. She has worked some god awful hours and has been remunerated appallingly however she refuses to move into private ( she is now a manager of several NHS funded and operated old peoples care homes ) even though to do so would effectively triple her salary so your point about dedication rings very true. Likewise my BiL's brother is a doctor in the NHS and his wife ( nurse at the same clinic) gives him a bollocking daily for working so long hours caring for patients for which his remuneration is no different. 

I think the problem does dies stem from us not funding these angels, and they are angels, well enough and as such less European nurses are signing up leaving the places open for Sri Lankan, Indian Phillipine nurses all of whom are great but have different ideas on care to those that we have come to accept. 

Yes there are the occasional cock ups and sadly, like an aeroplane crash, hit the headlines and are very sensitive to the relatives but in my very humble opinion they do in general do a cracking job under the circumstances. 

Just a quick story about my doc, she was running late by about 30 minutes and when I got in to see her she immediately apologised for being so. My response was that I would rather wait  for a doctor whose dedication to the health of her patients took priority over the allotted ten minutes per visit, than one who throws you out irrespective. 

Georgio my friend, yes I am able now to kill virtually all the rats in the (choose from the following) a) Government where you reside,  London Underground with the amount of warfarin coursing through my veins. That is due to the DVT I had before flying back to Blighty which did not improve by flying. 

Sasly this mornings blood tests were to check for over 9 potential ailments. That is outside having to get my knee bone broken and reset sometime in the future and the extensive physio that accompanies it and the cardio all lined up in anticipation. I certainly feel more comfortable here with the medical than that which I experienced back in LoS .

the heart thingy came about due to some very odd readings on my T line ( any ideas chaps?)

my health though is not so much so much physical as psychological and much to my surprise  I am lined up to see a shrink to see if he ( or she) can undo that which has been done. 

None if this however ever is a patch on what our good friend Ody is going through and though I don't know him, if I could in any way take some of his suffering away, I would gladly do so. 

Gotta dash but still we have a great dialogue going on here. Thanks guys, 

very best to you all 

TDL

On 20/08/2017 at 11:35 AM, luk AJ said:

I have no idea how many silent readers are following this particular thread, I just want to come briefly out of the shadow to express my warm feelings to all these contributors of real life stories combined with beautiful writing skills and a wealth of experience and knowledge. I feel that many of you could write books which stories would probably surpass many movie blockbusters. A thread with warm feelings without anger and venom in a way it even repells the well known keyboard warriors is unfortunately a very rare case. I really wish that some of you would share their life stories, so much better reading than all the pulp and fake news of these days.





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Wow LAJ my friend, you see this as I do, a healing  place, a place for contemplation, a place to receive unsolicited support from an eclectic group of fellow sufferers most of whom we will never know in real life more is the pity. 

This group, this band of brothers have some superb raconteurs, so much so that even at my darkest hour,they gave me not only a smile but a reason to live, a reason to get out of bed and most of all the moral strength to do what was right. 

I can never ever thank them for what they did for me however I hope that they know how much what they did for me, means. 

There are,  as always, the odd triller or captain negative endlessly hovering on the far reaches of the thread trying to apoear clever but ending up being just nasty but most of us shrug that off like an annoying turdfly.

thanks for "coming out" and making us aware of your interest and your thoughts, you are welcome by me and I am pretty confident the other thread brothers welcome you too. 

Enjoy the ride!

On 19/08/2017 at 0:17 AM, Odysseus123 said:

Thank you Andrew,Rhodie,Old Hippy and so many others-I am deeply touched.

 

The contributors to this topic have managed to create a safe place-a "men's shed" in Aussie parlance-and this is quite a remarkable achievement on what is,after all,a public forum.

 

Well done to all.

 

Oddy.

 

PS..I hope that The Dark Lord is okay...

Hi Ody and once more I have to shout my joy at your return. You have been sorely missed by many on this thread, some just making themselves known to us having previously been thread wraiths (watching but not posting).

you do realise that it is going to cost you a shed load of Aus dollars when we all turn up "chez Ody" in need of a cool tube or two?  I am going to have to pop out for a chilled one now just at the thought of it. 

Thanks for expressing concern for the dark one. Whilst greatly appreciated your concern for me now I am out of my bubble of unreality in which I had resided for the past four years) is no longer needed as my dark powers are returning ( ask my estate agent who has another "thai minister or butthole"  which I chewed out for him). 

Challenges getting used to civilised driving driving and customer service but, hey what price freedom?

ok I have a list of previously unrecorded medical problems along with my head that needs attention but the weight off the shoulders the feeling of not having to walk on eggshells that the rozzers are actually there to help you ( mostly) and that there are acres and acres of different beer options. I meN my big sis took me to a place called the gin trap for a weekend. Little sis birthday took from 1600 on day one to 0930 day two non stop. Ooh my head!

On 18/08/2017 at 10:16 PM, George FmplesdaCosteedback said:

Buying your way in is a problem here, agreed. But you need need money to pay for it, as I said above.

Knowing the right person and being in the right place at the right time is not the same, if you know enough to do the job.

Talking of standards, have you had the misfortune to go to a NHS hospital lately?

 

Anyway, I do understand the point.

 

 

Hi oh wise one, 

been away Way from the forum for a while mostly to get my head on straight( more of that later) but just to give myself a break from all things Thai. 

First thing i realised bavk here here was that I was living in a bubble of self delusion over in LoS, second thing that hit home was the cost of things over here.

after signing up with a cracking doctor ( both professionally and visually) she gave me the once over. As our chum Trans would say a complete MOT  but sadly stopped short of an" oil change"

anyway she kicked up a stink stink that I had to pay £70 to see her ( worth every penny, really she is) and got me NHS'd very quickly. The MOT turned up a series of very worrying things including that I had recently had a heart attack ( not surprised when she felt my leg for the DVT) but I was seriously unaware of it. She found all sorts of minor and a few worrying things which she is taking on as a sort of project. In a moment of self pity I suggested I should save the NHS money and take up my Brother in laws offer of borrowing his rope and using the hanging tree at the bottom of the garden. Her response was to put on the stern secraterial look, peer over her glasses and tell me " you will die when I tell you to die and not before!"

oh God I think I am in love...............

Apparently the medical care in Khorat is not up to scratch but, and in answer to your point about the NHS, here ut is free, good and there are some awesome nurses and doctors sashaying around. I have no reason to fault the NHS  especially if it means multiple trips to see my doctor. 

Oh oh and there was another thing, she has recommended that I consider psyciatric help (I dont think it is because I become a weak kneed jibbering wreck of a schoolboy in a strip joint when I see her) because I inadvertently blurted out the real reason for my return to the UK in one sentence. She was shocked, and after a few superbly worded questions ( oh she us not only massively attractive but clever with it too) she pulled the truth out of me. 

Long way way to go but I am now riding in style!

On 18/08/2017 at 4:26 AM, Odysseus123 said:

Hello everyone,

 

My apologies for not being in contact but it has been a quite hectic time for me and I do not know how I made it without Captain Anginine egging me on.

 

But I did..amazing really..but with doctors,tests,hospitalisations etc..etc..it's been kinda busy but I AM HOME!

 

I have had a very quick look at the topic and have noted that a few of you have been ill.I hope that you are all fully recovered and that all is well..

 

Many thanks to all for your support for what was,after all,a truly desperate time for me.

 

Many thanks for being human....

 

Ody.

Hi Ody old mate, 

you bugger, you had us all pissing our pants with worry about you. 

Hugely delighted to hear that you made it back, got some proper medical treatment and are possibly sitting back watching the sun dip into the ocean with your loyal and trusted best friend VB right next to you. 

Joking apart, great to hear you made it, that's cheered my day up no end. 

17 hours ago, totally thaied up said:

I hope that clears some things up. We are all a complicated mob. We make mistakes. We are human, but one thing we can do is learn.

Hi TTU, you seem to have landed on your feet this time, congrats. Your wisdom infers you are from Old Owl stock, he is a wise one too!

mine never criticised my driving and never ever tried to Lord it over others as she was married to a farang. We had shed loads of money when we first came over  ut lost it in a business deal gone ( horribly) wrong. She never criticised that, taking it on the chin and adjusting accordingly. Others however accused me openly of being "khee niou" for not spreading the perceived wealth. Despite the loss of face she never rose to those occasions. The only crack in our relationship was a very deep streak of jealousy and a great deal of insecurity. I am totally honest when I tell you that I never gave her any reason to have those feelings and I strongly suspect I was paying the price for the activities of the former husband who could not keep his "chap" zippered up and often beat her, so much so she was hospitalised numerous times. 

I don t beat women and certainly nowadays only bring out the love log to perform bathroom related activities. It has never appeared in a side show, ever. 

That begs the question"why am I being punished for the ex's transgressions?"